Ceiling paper hanger



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' By andfimeyfim Patented Sept. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIE 3Claims.

The invention relates to a paper hanging device or apparatus, and moreespecially to a device for hanging paper on a ceiling or similaroverhead surface.

The primary object of this invention is to enable a person to hold aportion of ceiling paper against a ceiling and to simultaneously smoothout the remainder of the paper against the ceiling without necessitatingthe use of a ladder or other elevated support for the personirrespective of the height of the ceiling. 7

Another important object of this invention is to provide a devicecapable of realizing the precedingobject, which will be adjustable toconform to various ceiling heights.

Still another important object of this invention is to provide a deviceof this character, in which the paper smoothing portions thereof may beefficaciously removed for cleaning or replace ment to avoid soiling ofthe ceiling paper.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of apparatus constructed inaccordance with the invention and shown in a working position forapplying ceiling paper.

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on a line 4@ of Figure 3looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of a foldable ruleand marking accessory for use with the apparatus.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail elevation of a swivel fitting employedin the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the apparatus constituting thepresent invention comprises a tripod or triple-legged stand A, including a tubular central column or post I!) adapted to be perpendicularlydisposed, which carries triple spreading legs I, each provided with afoot pad l2 the legs I! being pivotally connected as at I3 to a runnerl4 on post ||J andscrew set as at i5 thereon. Legs II are connected asby pivots Hi to spreading braces 11 which, in turn, are pivoted at M3 toa ring-like bearing |9 fixed to the lower end of column II]. The pads |2of the legs H are adapted to rest upon a foundation or flooring in theuse of the apparatus so as to hold the column or post ID in aperpendicular or vertically upright position.

Telescopically fitted slidably in the column I0 is a raising andlowering shank or stem 20 carrying a table top or head 2| whichcentrally thereof is joined to shank 20 and upon this top or head havingfirst been trimmed to the appropriate 2| is superimposed a ceiling paperstrip, generally denoted at 22, for its application to the ceiling of aroom or enclosure in a manner presently described.

The stem or shank 2 [I is made fast in the column or post It by aclamping screw 23 tapped into the upper end of a rim 2 of column If).Carried by column IE} below rim 24 is a double fork paper roll rack, theforks 2'5 and 26, respectively, thereof being disposed in the samehorizontal plane with each other.

Fitted to the stem or shank 2!! below the top or head 2| is a swivelledbearing 29 to which at opposed sides are pivotally connected at 39 apair of break jointed long and short brush manipulating arms 3| and 32,respectively, both having bristled brush heads "t3 at their outermostends. The bristle stocks 34 of the heads 33 are removably fitted so thatsuch stocks can be washed and cleaned at the pleasure of the user of theapparatus.

The top head 2| is preferably made from transparent material so thatvisibility is had therethrough in the use of the apparatus for thelining and matching of the strips 22 of paper in their application to aceiling.

In Figure 5 of the drawings there is shown an accessory for use with theapparatus, wherein there is involved a pencil holding stick 35, themarking point or lead being indicated at 36, while carried by this stick36 is a foldable rule 31 which can be unfolded in a lateral directionwith relation to the stick 35 and likewise folded thereagainst, whilediametrically opposite the rule 31 and carried by the stick is a hook38. The purpose 7 of this accessory is to enable the measuring of theceiling from the center of the latter to the side walls for the mappingout of the number of strips of ceiling paper that will be required forthe covering of the ceiling in the hanging of such paper. The stick 35is manually manipulated, and the point 35, when the rule is extended formeasuring one-half of the width of the ceiling, can be used to mark offormap the positioning of the respective strips required for the coveringof such ceiling-in the use of the apparatus. The hook 38 is designed topull back the edge of the paper when cutting off the required length ofstrips for ceiling application thereof.

In the operation of the device it will'be understood that a strip ofpaper is first positioned upon a. table, a board or the like, and pasteapplied thereto in the conventional manner, the strip length. The stripis then picked up by its ends,

and the center is positioned over the top or head 2| of the device,which has been lowered in the manner previously described in order to bpositioned within easy reach of the operator. The device is then movedto the exact center of the room, the center having previously beendetermined by the measuring attachment, and the entire mechanism raisedto the ceiling level, whereupon the head 2| presses the center of thepaper strip firmly against the ceiling in the exact center.

The brush attachments are then operated to smooth the ends of the stripoutwardly from the center thereof, applying them closely to'the ceiling.It is to be noted that starting in the exact center of the room is quiteimportant and that the paper strip must be accurately centered on thedevice, in order that the ends will come out even in proper alignment atthe walls of the room.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner ofoperation of the apparatus will be clearly understood and, therefore, amore extended explanationhasben omitted for the sake of brevity.

As many embodiments may be made of the inventive concept, and as manymodifications may be made in the embodiment-herein shown and described,it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpretedmerely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim is;

' 1. A paper hangingmachine comprisingan adjustable supportincluding atubular central column, a shank carrying a'table top telescopicallysitely extending arms pivotally attached to said swivel bearing, each ofsaid arms having a plurality of articulated segments and terminating ina brush, one of said arms being provided with handle means for operatingsaid arm, the articulated segments of the other of said arms beingpivotally secured to each other in frictional engagement as to maintaina set in adjusted relationship, oppositely extending pairs of parallelracks adjustably carried by said support and adapted to support paperstrips, said table top and said latter arm comprising means for holdingand positioning a strip of paper adjacent a ceiling-{said parallel racksholding a strip of paper away from said column and said former armcomprises means for pressing said paper firmly against a ceiling.

fitted slidably in said columhadj'ustable fasten- 35 ing means insaidcolumn to engage and hold said shank, a' swivel bearing attached tosaid shank immediately below said" table top, oppo- REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are of'record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS I Date Number i Name 755,403 Sipe Mar. 22, 19,04763,768 ,Kerns et a1 June 28, 1904 784,985 Caswell Mar. 14, 1905 934,931Nemeth Sept. 21, 1909

